William Burroughs

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    “I am the very pattern of a modern Major-Gineral,
    I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral;
    I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical,
    From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.”
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)